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February 4, 2015

Less is More: Doing the Math on Residential Development Fee Credits By Carolyn Schuk When Santa Clara’s residential development impact…

Schools

Education Desk Jan. 28, 2015

Carolyn Schuk

February 4, 2015

SCUSD Board Looks at Future Enrollments, Finances, Construction On Jan. 22, Santa Clara Unified School District Board had a stuffed…

Opinion

Family History Consultant Discusses Her Genealogy Research at Library Program

Cynthia Cheng

February 4, 2015

“Family history is quite frequently dull statistics,” says Jackie Krebs Reimers, a family history consultant. “It’s names, dates and places….

Schools

Imaginations Run Wild at Sutter School’s 2nd Annual Lego Show

Diane Andrews

February 4, 2015

John D. Sutter Elementary School’s multipurpose room was packed with parents and children admiring the imaginative Lego creations of sixty-two…

Schools

Judge Dismisses Stampolis’ “False Imprisonment” Lawsuit

Carolyn Schuk

February 4, 2015

In the end it didn’t matter how many judges Santa Clara Unified Trustee Christopher Stampolis objected to, how many reasons…

Business

JX Cuisine Opens in Santa Clara

Admin

February 4, 2015

Opening up at a location familiar to many, JX Cuisine celebrated their arrival in Santa Clara with a ribbon cutting…

Community

Looking Back – Week of January 28

Admin

February 4, 2015

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (January 26, 1915) Future Maintenance of Fire Departments is Discussed at Special Meeting of…

Community

Mission College’s Community Mission

Carolyn Schuk

February 4, 2015

President Barack Obama’s proposal for tuition-free community colleges has brought new focus on community colleges. A uniquely American institution, the…

Opinion

American Sniper / Rated R for violence, language and sex

Karl Scott

February 4, 2015

For the second time in a matter of months, Clint Eastwood has released an American masterpiece. Less than six months…

Opinion

Losing the Winning Game

Bob Goldman

February 4, 2015

It’s my own fault. I should never have started watching “Marco Polo,” the new Netflix series about the world of…

Arts & Entertainment

2015 Free Fridays Begin with Jazz

Admin

January 28, 2015

With 2014 in the past, the Santa Clara Performing Arts Foundation and the City of Santa Clara in conjunction with…

Business

Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Heart

Melissa McKenzie

January 28, 2015

Back in the 1960s, Heart of the Valley’s Executive Director Glenda Cresap, a politically savvy teenager at the time, would…

Community

Looking Back – Week of January 21

Admin

January 28, 2015

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (January 19, 1915) Trustees Hold Special Session to Hurry Paving Project: Need Good Roads…

Opinion

The Imitation Game/Rated PG-13 for war violence and adult themes and situations.

Karl Scott

January 28, 2015

The Imitation Game tells one of history’s greatest espionage stories: the race to break the German Enigma code during WWII….

Community

Santa Clara Gets More Neighborly with Nextdoor.com

Carolyn Schuk

January 28, 2015

Last November Santa Clara added the Nextdoor social media platform to its portfolio of community communication touch points. Nextdoor (www.nextdoor.com)…